• MisterD@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    If I have no job, I have no money.

    Who’s going to buy the stuff these robots are building?

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      7 months ago

      The search for short term profits doesn’t give a fuck

      That’s next quarter’s problem

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      7 months ago

      Other rich people. Robots will just stop making $10k cars and start making yachts. Rich people will just keep the game going between themselves.

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      7 months ago

      If people don’t have money, people can’t buy the goods being produced, demand will plummet and supply will skyrocket leading to the logical conclusion that a UBI is necessary to supplement life in an automated world. If that doesn’t happen, I Guess revolution?